almost universal practice. The boy who does not participate in these practices is thought "queer" or a "sissy." About 50% to 75% of the high school girls participate in premarital sex relationships, depending on the nature of the study and the locality. Dr. Karpf did not make it clear whether the above quoted figures were from California only, or were nation-wide. He continued, that dating without petting and/or bedding was almost unavailable to today's high school girls and that this situation was very disturbing to most of them.

He stated that during the years 1867-1950 there had been .1 of 1% increase in marriage rate; but that there had been an attendant 1000% increase in the divorce rate. In 1960 one out of two marriages would end up in divorce. He went on to try to drum home to us the kind of society our youth finds as an everyday example. He cited the various large scale scandals which have assailed the nation in the past few years and mentioned certain aspects of advertising and mass communication

media which all help to undermine the moral fibre of youth.

There has been an increase in the nation's standard of living. Wealthy children have had about every experience that can be had before they're even 21; experiences which we might look forward all our lives to earn. There is little left to them but momentary sexual gratification to stave off boredom. It is the wealthy juvenile delinquents that set the pace and standard for the poorer juvenile delinquents. The leader of the gang has the best car, etc. However, other countries where the general standard of living is rising are having the same problems as we. Familial and personal disorganization always rise along with such a rise in standard of living, he felt.

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Dr. Karpf said that there was a great need to appeal to the basic idealism in youth. He cited Pres. Woodrow Wilson's program during World War I, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's appeal to youth and President Kennedy's newly-founded Peace Corps. He felt that more needed to be done, suggesting that a White House Conference with youth and about youth could be arranged. The terms: self-fulfillment, goals, sanctions, and rewards must all be re-defined.

We cannot set the clock backward; Puritanism of the past is no longer acceptable and shouldn't even be considered, he said. However, happiness must not be equated with momentary gratification, either. The misery caused by this latter concept is everywhere evident.

SEX IN PERSPECTIVE

Gerald Heard, historian, author and philosopher, was given fifteen. minutes to "wrap up the program" with the topic: "Sex Values in Perspective." Mr. Heard, born 1889 and graduated from Cambridge University has written forty books. He commented on the fact that the speeches had integrated so well with each other; the speakers had not been permitted to get together before the program and determine who should tell which jokes!!

Mr. Heard had little more than enough time to throw out tantalizing thoughts rather than wrap anything up. Some typical quotes: "I do believe that History has a Lesson for us." "We're on an edge and we're undoubtedly at a crisis." The sign on President Harry Truman's desk, "The buck stops here." "We can't avoid this crisis; we're caught in a double bind."

He referred to the enormous humanitarianism of our Law (a pin-